IT4K12 - 2017

Scott McLagan

District Coordinator IT and Robotics, SD #48

District 48 (Sea to Sky)

Scott McLagan has been a computer studies educator and curriculum coordinator for over thirty years. He currently works as a Level 1 Database Analyst and supports robotics in a grade 4 to 9 computer programming project.

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Developed by a German university, OR is a browser based, open source, graphical programming environment aimed at middle and high school students. Development was supported by a $1M grant from the Google Foundation and inspired by the graphical design of MIT Scratch. OR features a robot simulator for testing programs.